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minute
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English mynute, minute, mynet, from Old French minute, from Medieval Latin min?ta (“60th of an hour; note”). Doublet of menu.
Pronunciation
- enPR: m?n'?t, IPA(key): /?m?n?t/
- Rhymes: -?n?t
Noun
minute (plural minutes)
- A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).
- (informal) A short but unspecified time period.
- Synonyms: instant, jiffy, mo, moment, sec, second, tic
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
- Synonym: minute of arc
- (chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.
- 2008, Pink Dandelion: The Quakers: A Very Short Introduction, p 52:
- The Clerk or 'recording Clerk' drafts a minute and then, or at a later time, reads it to the Meeting. Subsequent contributions are on the wording of the minute only, until it can be accepted by the Meeting. Once the minute is accepted, the Meeting moves on to the next item on the agenda.
- 2008, Pink Dandelion: The Quakers: A Very Short Introduction, p 52:
- A unit of purchase on a telephone or other network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent in gross form to sixty seconds' use of the network.
- A point in time; a moment.
- A nautical or a geographic mile.
- An old coin, a half farthing.
- (obsolete) A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a whit.
- (architecture) A fixed part of a module.
- (slang, US, Canada, dialectal) A while or a long unspecified period of time
- Oh, I ain't heard that song in a minute!
- 2010, Kenneth Ring, Letters from Palestine, page 18:
- “Man, I haven’t seen you in a minute,” he says, smiling still. “Maybe like two, three years ago?”
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Tok Pisin: minit
Borrowings
Translations
Verb
minute (third-person singular simple present minutes, present participle minuting, simple past and past participle minuted)
- (transitive) Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.
- To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin min?tus (“small", "petty”), perfect passive participle of minu? (“make smaller”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: m?nyo?ot', IPA(key): /ma??nju?t/
- (US) enPR: m?n(y)o?ot', m?n(y)o?ot', IPA(key): /ma??n(j)ut/, /m??n(j)ut/
- Rhymes: -u?t
Adjective
minute (comparative minuter, superlative minutest)
- Very small.
- Synonyms: infinitesimal, insignificant, minuscule, tiny, trace
- Antonyms: big, enormous, colossal, huge, significant, tremendous, vast
- Very careful and exact, giving small details.
- Synonyms: exact, exacting, excruciating, precise, scrupulous
Synonyms
See also Thesaurus:tiny and Thesaurus:meticulous.
Translations
Anagrams
- minuet, munite, mutein, mutine, untime
Afrikaans
Noun
minute
- plural of minuut
Esperanto
Etymology
From minuto +? -e.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi?nute/
- Hyphenation: mi?nu?te
- Rhymes: -ute
Adverb
minute
- Lasting for a very short period; briefly, momentarily
French
Etymology
From Old French minute, borrowed from Latin min?ta. Compare menu, an inherited doublet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.nyt/
Noun
minute f (plural minutes)
- minute (etymology 1, time unit, all same senses)
Derived terms
- minute de silence
- minute papillon
Descendants
- ? Farefare: miniti
- Haitian Creole: minit
- ? Romanian: minut
Interjection
minute
- wait a sec!
Verb
minute
- first-person singular present indicative of minuter
- third-person singular present indicative of minuter
- first-person singular present subjunctive of minuter
- third-person singular present subjunctive of minuter
- second-person singular imperative of minuter
Further reading
- “minute” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Adjective
minute
- feminine plural of minuto
Anagrams
- emunti, munite
Latin
Participle
min?te
- vocative masculine singular of min?tus
References
- minute in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- minute in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- minute in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Middle English
Noun
minute
- Alternative form of mynute
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin min?ta.
Noun
minute f (oblique plural minutes, nominative singular minute, nominative plural minutes)
- minute (one sixtieth of an hour)
Coordinate terms
- segont
- eure
- jor
- semaine
- an
Descendants
- Middle French: minute
- French: minute
- ? Farefare: miniti
- Haitian Creole: minit
- ? Romanian: minut
- ? Dutch: minuut
- Afrikaans: minuut
- French: minute
- Norman: minnute
- Walloon: munute
- ? Central Franconian: Menutt, Minutt
- ? German: Minute, Minut f, [Term?] n
- ? Czech: minuta
- ? Lower Sorbian: minuta
- ? Luxembourgish: Minutt
- ? Middle English: mynute, minute, mynut, mynet, minut
- English: minute
- Tok Pisin: minit
- Scots: meenit
- English: minute
Portuguese
Verb
minute
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of minutar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of minutar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of minutar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of minutar
minute From the web:
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slight
English
Etymology
From Middle English slight (“bad, of poor quality, unimportant, trivial, slender, slim, smooth, level”), from Old English sliht (“smooth, level”), from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz (“slippery, flat, level, plain”), related to English slick. Cognate with Scots slicht (“bad, of poor quality”), West Frisian sljocht (“smooth, level, plain, simple”), Dutch slecht (“bad”), Low German slecht (“bad”), German schlecht (“bad”) and schlicht (“plain, artless, natural”), Danish slet (“bad, evil, poor, nasty, wrong”), Swedish slät (“smooth”), Norwegian slett (“even”), Icelandic sléttur (“even, smooth, level”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: sl?t, IPA(key): /sla?t/
- (US) IPA(key): [sl?l?????]
- Rhymes: -a?t
- Homophone: sleight
Adjective
slight (comparative slighter, superlative slightest)
- Small
- gentle or weak, not aggressive or powerful
- not thorough; superficial
- trifling; unimportant; insignificant
- 1741, John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education & of the Conduct of the Understanding
- Some firmly embrace doctrines upon slight grounds.
- 1741, John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education & of the Conduct of the Understanding
- (archaic or rare) not far away in space or time
- Synonyms: ignorable, meaningless, negligible, tiny; see also Thesaurus:tiny, Thesaurus:insignificant
- gentle or weak, not aggressive or powerful
- of slender build
- 1822, Sir Walter Scott, Peveril of the Peak
- his own figure, which was formerly so slight
- Synonyms: lithe, svelte, willowy; see also Thesaurus:slender
- 1822, Sir Walter Scott, Peveril of the Peak
- (regional) Even, smooth or level
- Synonyms: flat, glassy, slick; see also Thesaurus:smooth
- (especially said of the sea) still; with little or no movement on the surface
- (obsolete) Foolish; silly; not intellectual.
- Synonyms: daft, fatuous, soft in the head; see also Thesaurus:foolish
- (regional, obsolete) Bad, of poor quality.
- 1889 (first published), George Washington, Writings
- we frequently have slight Goods and sometimes old and unsaleable Articles
- Synonyms: flimsy, lousy, shoddy; see also Thesaurus:low-quality
- 1889 (first published), George Washington, Writings
- (dated) Slighting; treating with disdain.
- Synonyms: contemptuous, disdainful, scornful; see also Thesaurus:disdainful
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
slight (third-person singular simple present slights, present participle slighting, simple past and past participle slighted)
- (transitive) To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.
- 1782, William Cowper, Truth
- the wretch who slights the bounty of the skies
- 1782, William Cowper, Truth
- (transitive) To give lesser weight or importance to.
- 1915, Josephine Turck Baker, Correct English (volumes 16-17, page 182)
- Incontiguously (accent on tig; the rest of the syllables slighted) means in an incontiguous manner.
- Synonym: belittle
- Antonyms: respect, value, esteem
- 1915, Josephine Turck Baker, Correct English (volumes 16-17, page 182)
- (transitive) To treat with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully.
- 1833, Mary Shelley, The Mortal Immortal
- Though true of heart, she was somewhat of a coquette in manner; and I was jealous as a Turk. She slighted me in a thousand ways, yet would never acknowledge herself to be in the wrong. She would drive me mad with anger, and then force me to beg her pardon.
- Synonyms: contemn, despise
- Antonyms: respect, honor
- 1833, Mary Shelley, The Mortal Immortal
- (intransitive) To act negligently or carelessly. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (transitive, military, of a fortification) To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.
- (transitive) To make even or level.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Hexham to this entry?)
- (transitive) To throw heedlessly.
Derived terms
- slightingly
Translations
Noun
slight (plural slights)
- The act of slighting; a deliberate act of neglect or discourtesy.
- Synonyms: ignoring, neglect, belittlement
- Antonym: respect
- 1793, Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
- Never use a slighting expression to her, even in jest; for slights in jest, after frequent bandyings, are apt to end in angry earnest.
- (obsolete) Sleight.
- For till that stownd could never wight him harme,
By subtilty, nor slight, nor might, nor mighty charme.
- For till that stownd could never wight him harme,
Derived terms
- put a slight upon
Translations
Further reading
- The Dictionary of the Scots Language
- The Dictionary of the Scots Language
- The Middle English Dictionary
Anagrams
- lights
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English sliht, from Proto-Germanic *slihtaz.
Alternative forms
- sli?t, slei?te, sle?t, slyght, sleght, sleight, sly?t
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /slixt/, /sl?xt/
- Rhymes: -ixt
Adjective
slight
- Level, even, smooth; having no bumps or lumps.
- (rare) Of little importance or relevance.
- (rare) Slim, narrow, skinny; of little breadth.
- (rare) Badly made, poorly-built, or low-quality.
Descendants
- English: slight
- Scots: slicht
- Yola: sleight
References
- “slight, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-12-12.
Etymology 2
Noun
slight
- Alternative form of sleight
Adjective
slight
- Alternative form of sleight
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